Globalism's Siren Song: The United Nations and International Law in Christian Right Thought and Prophecy

Herman, Didi
(2001)
Globalism's Siren Song: The United Nations and International Law in Christian Right Thought and Prophecy.
Sociological Review,
49
(1).
pp. 56-77.
ISSN 0038-0261.
(doi:10.1111/1467-954X.00244)
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Abstract

The role of the American Christian Right (CR) as an international social movement has perhaps received less attention than it is due. In this article, I explore the underlying global vision of the CR, and the ways in which this vision shapes the CR's international political activism. I focus on the CR's construction of the United Nations, examining various CR genres including movement publications, fiction, and prophecy writing. I also attempt to analyse the CR's ideological stance in light of the literature on `religion and globalisation'.